﻿<html xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mshelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp" xmlns:mshelp="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mshelp" xmlns:ddue="http://ddue.schemas.microsoft.com/authoring/2003/5" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt">
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
    
    <meta name="save" content="history" />
    <meta name="Language" content="en-us" />
    <meta name="System.Keywords" content="bugs, by assignment (Excel Report)" />
    <meta name="Microsoft.Help.Id" content="c7851b4c-33a2-4536-85d3-ec73c8e2a8b6" />
    <meta name="Description" content="The Bugs by Assignment report shows the distribution of active Bugs, grouped by priority, to team members. For information about how to access this chart, see Excel Reports." />
    <meta name="Microsoft.Help.ContentType" content="Concepts" />
    <meta name="DCSext.ProductFamily" content="LIB_DG" />
    <meta name="DCSext.Product" content="ALM_TeamFoundation" />
    <meta name="DCSext.Title" value="Bugs by Assignment Excel Report" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles/presentation.css" />
    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/EventUtilities.js"> </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/SplitScreen.js"> </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/Dropdown.js"> </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/script_manifold.js"> </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/script_feedBack.js"> </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/CheckboxMenu.js"> </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/CommonUtilities.js"> </script>
    <xml><MSHelp:TOCTitle Title="Bugs by Assignment" /><MSHelp:Keyword Index="A" Term="c7851b4c-33a2-4536-85d3-ec73c8e2a8b6" /><MSHelp:Keyword Index="K" Term="bugs, by assignment (Excel Report)" /><MSHelp:Attr Name="RevisionNumber" Value="10" /><MSHelp:Attr Name="AssetID" Value="c7851b4c-33a2-4536-85d3-ec73c8e2a8b6" /><MSHelp:Attr Name="Abstract" Value="The Bugs by Assignment report shows the distribution of active Bugs, grouped by priority, to team members. For information about how to access this chart, see Excel Reports. " /><MSHelp:Attr Name="CommunityContent" Value="1" /><MSHelp:Attr Name="ShippedIn" Value="vs.90" /><MSHelp:Attr Name="TopicVersion" Value="10.0.10236.10000" /><MSHelp:Attr Name="Catalog Container" Value="System_Default_Catalog" /><MSHelp:Attr Name="Content Set Container" Value="System_Default_Content_Set" /><MSHelp:Attr Name="TopicType" Value="kbArticle" /><MSHelp:Attr Name="Locale" Value="en-us" /></xml>
    <title>Bugs by Assignment Excel Report</title>
</head>
<body>
	<input type="hidden" id="userDataCache" class="userDataStyle" />
	<input type="hidden" id="hiddenScrollOffset" />
	<img id="collapseImage" style="display:none; height:0; width:0;" src="../icons/collapse_all.gif" alt="Collapse image" title="Collapse image" />
	<img id="expandImage" style="display:none; height:0; width:0;" src="../icons/expand_all.gif" alt="Expand Image" title="Expand Image" />
	<img id="collapseAllImage" style="display:none; height:0; width:0;" src="../icons/collapse_all.gif" />
	<img id="expandAllImage" style="display:none; height:0; width:0;" src="../icons/expand_all.gif" />
	<img id="dropDownImage" style="display:none; height:0; width:0;" src="../icons/dropdown.gif" />
	<img id="dropDownHoverImage" style="display:none; height:0; width:0;" src="../icons/dropdownHover.gif" />
	<img id="copyImage" style="display:none; height:0; width:0;" src="../icons/copycode.gif" alt="Copy image" title="Copy image" />
	<img id="copyHoverImage" style="display:none; height:0; width:0;" src="../icons/copycodeHighlight.gif" alt="CopyHover image" title="CopyHover image" />
	<div id="header">
		<table id="topTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
			<tr>
				<td>
					<span onclick="ExpandCollapseAll(toggleAllImage)" style="cursor:default;" onkeypress="ExpandCollapseAll_CheckKey(toggleAllImage, event)" tabindex="0">
						<img ID="toggleAllImage" class="toggleAll" src="../icons/collapse_all.gif" /> 
						<label id="collapseAllLabel" for="toggleAllImage" style="display: none;">Collapse All</label>
						<label id="expandAllLabel" for="toggleAllImage" style="display: none;">Expand All</label> 
					</span> 
					<span>    </span> 
					<span id="devlangsDropdown" class="filter" tabindex="0">
						<img id="devlangsDropdownImage" src="../icons/dropdown.gif" /> 
						<label id="devlangsMenuAllLabel" for="devlangsDropdownImage" style="display: none;"><nobr>Code: All </nobr></label>
						<label id="devlangsMenuMultipleLabel" for="devlangsDropdownImage" style="display: none;"><nobr>Code: Multiple </nobr></label>
						<label id="devlangsMenuVisualBasicLabel" for="devlangsDropdownImage" style="display: none;"><nobr>Code: Visual Basic </nobr></label>
						<label id="devlangsMenuCSharpLabel" for="devlangsDropdownImage" style="display: none;"><nobr>Code: C# </nobr></label>
						<label id="devlangsMenuManagedCPlusPlusLabel" for="devlangsDropdownImage" style="display: none;"><nobr>Code: Visual C++ </nobr></label>
						<label id="devlangsMenuFSharpLabel" for="devlangsDropdownImage" style="display: none;"><nobr>Code: F# </nobr></label>
						<label id="devlangsMenuJScriptLabel" for="devlangsDropdownImage" style="display: none;"><nobr>Code: JScript </nobr></label>
					</span> 
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table>
		<div id="devlangsMenu">
			<input id="VisualBasicCheckbox" type="checkbox" data="VisualBasic,vb,'persist'" value="on" onClick="SetLanguage(this)" />
			<label class="checkboxLabel" for="VisualBasicCheckbox">Visual Basic</label><br />
			<input id="CSharpCheckbox" type="checkbox" data="CSharp,cs,'persist'" value="on" onClick="SetLanguage(this)" />
			<label class="checkboxLabel" for="CSharpCheckbox">C#</label><br />
			<input id="ManagedCPlusPlusCheckbox" type="checkbox" data="ManagedCPlusPlus,cpp,'persist'" value="on" onClick="SetLanguage(this)" />
			<label class="checkboxLabel" for="ManagedCPlusPlusCheckbox">Visual C++</label><br />
			<input id="FSharpCheckbox" type="checkbox" data="FSharp,fs,'persist'" value="on" onClick="SetLanguage(this)" />
			<label class="checkboxLabel" for="FSharpCheckbox">F#</label><br />
			<input id="JScriptCheckbox" type="checkbox" data="JScript,cs,'persist'" value="on" onClick="SetLanguage(this)" />
			<label class="checkboxLabel" for="JScriptCheckbox">JScript</label><br />
		</div>
		<table id="bottomTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
			<tr id="headerTableRow1">
				<td align="left">
					<span id="runningHeaderText"> </span> 
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr id="headerTableRow2">
				<td align="left">
					<span id="nsrTitle">Bugs by Assignment Excel Report</span> 
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr id="headerTableRow3">
				<td align="left">
					<span id="headfeedbackarea" class="feedbackhead">
						<a href="javascript:SubmitFeedback('bjordan@microsoft.com','','','10.0','10.0.10236.10000','%0\dThank%20you%20for%20your%20feedback.%20The%20GovDev%20team%20uses%20your%20feedback%20to%20improve%20documentation.%20While%20we%20are%20reviewing%20your%20feedback,%20we%20may%20send%20you%20e-mail%20to%20ask%20for%20clarification%20or%20feedback%20on%20a%20solution.%20We%20do%20not%20use%20your%20e-mail%20address%20for%20any%20other%20purpose%20and%20we%20delete%20it%20after%20we%20finish%20our%20review.%0\AFor%20further%20information%20about%20the%20privacy%20policies%20of%20Microsoft,%20please%20see%20http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx.%0\A%0\d','Customer%20Feedback');">
							Send Feedback
						</a>
					</span> 
				</td>
			</tr>
		</table>
		<table id="gradientTable">
			<tr>
				<td class="nsrBottom" background="../icons/gradient.gif" />
			</tr>
		</table>
	</div>
    <div id="mainSection">
        <div id="mainBody">
            <div id="allHistory" class="saveHistory" onsave="saveAll()" onload="loadAll()" />
            <font color="DarkGray"><p /></font>
            <div class="introduction">
                <p>The Bugs by Assignment report shows the distribution of active Bugs, grouped by priority,
                    to team members. For information about how to access this chart, see <span sdata="link">
                        <a href="ExcelReportsGovDev.html">Excel Reports (GovDev)</a></span>. </p>
                <div class="alert">
                    <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                        <tr>
                            <th align="left">
                                <img class="note" alt="Note" title="Note" src="../icons/alert_note.gif" /><b>Note
                                </b></th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>You can view the Bugs by Assignment report from the Bugs Dashboard. You can access
                                    this dashboard only if your team project portal has been enabled and is provisioned
                                    to use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. For more information, see <span sdata="link">
                                        <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/644ee4b7-3653-4943-9809-3d14d4d79c48">Access
                                            a Team Project Portal and Process Guidance</a></span>. </p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                </div>
                <div class="caption"></div>
                <div class="tableSection">
                    <table width="50%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" frame="lhs">
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="label">In this topic</span> </p>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="#Data">Data in the Report</a></p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><a href="#Updating">Customizing the Report</a></p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="label">Related topics</span> </p>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span sdata="link"><a href="BugsDashboard.html">Bugs Dashboard</a></span> </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span sdata="link"><a href="BugStatusReport.html">Bug Status Report</a></span> 
                                        </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                </div>
            </div>
            <a name="Data" />
            <h1 class="heading"><span onclick="ExpandCollapse(sectionToggle0)" style="cursor: default;"
                onkeypress="ExpandCollapse_CheckKey(sectionToggle0, event)" tabindex="0">
                <img id="sectionToggle0" class="toggle" name="toggleSwitch" src="../icons/collapse_all.gif" />Data
                in the Report</span> </h1>
            <div id="sectionSection0" class="section" name="collapseableSection" style="">
                <p>You can use the Bugs by Assignment report to understand the distribution of Bugs
                    to team members and determine whether to reassign some Bugs. This report is based
                    on a PivotChart report that shows the last four weeks of data captured for Bugs.
                    This data is stored in the data warehouse. </p>
                <img alt="Bugs by Assignment chart" src="../art/ProcGuid_ByAssignment.png" /><p>You
                    can review the Bugs by Assignment report to determine the allocation of bugs to
                    each team member. Specifically, you can find answers to the following questions:
                </p>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <p>How many bugs are assigned to each team member? </p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p>Which team member is assigned the most bugs?</p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p>Which team member is assigned the most high priority bugs? </p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p>Does any team member have a backlog of priority 1 bugs that warrant redistribution?
                        </p>
                    </li>
                </ul>
                <h3 class="subHeading">Required Activities for Tracking Bugs</h3>
                <div class="subsection">
                    <p>For the Bugs by Assignment report to be useful and accurate, the team must perform
                        the following activities:</p>
                    <ul>
                        <li>
                            <p>Define Bugs, and specify their <span class="ui">Iteration</span> and <span class="ui">
                                Area</span> paths. </p>
                            <div class="alert">
                                <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                                    <tr>
                                        <th align="left">
                                            <img class="note" alt="Note" title="Note" src="../icons/alert_note.gif" /><b>Note
                                            </b></th>
                                    </tr>
                                    <tr>
                                        <td>
                                            <p>For information about how to define area and iteration paths, see <span sdata="link">
                                                <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/6b0d2df4-c638-4637-af93-86db64ca73ab">Create
                                                    and Modify Areas and Iterations</a></span>.</p>
                                        </td>
                                    </tr>
                                </table>
                            </div>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <p>Assign each Bug to the team member who is working to resolve or close it.</p>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <p>Specify the <span class="ui">Priority</span> of each Bug.</p>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <p>Update the <span class="ui">State</span> of each Bug as the team fixes, verifies,
                                and closes it. </p>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </div>
            <a name="Updating" />
            <h1 class="heading"><span onclick="ExpandCollapse(sectionToggle1)" style="cursor: default;"
                onkeypress="ExpandCollapse_CheckKey(sectionToggle1, event)" tabindex="0">
                <img id="sectionToggle1" class="toggle" name="toggleSwitch" src="../icons/collapse_all.gif" />Customizing
                the Report</span> </h1>
            <div id="sectionSection1" class="section" name="collapseableSection" style="">
                <p>You can customize the Bugs by Assignment report by opening it in Office Excel and
                    changing the filter options for the PivotTable report. You can customize this report
                    to support other views as the following table describes.</p>
                <div class="caption"></div>
                <div class="tableSection">
                    <table width="50%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" frame="lhs">
                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                <p>View</p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p>Action</p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Distribution of Bugs for an iteration</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Change the filter for <b>Iteration</b>(default=All)</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Distribution of Bugs for a product area</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Change the filter for <b>Area</b>(default=All)</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Distribution of Bugs by severity</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>In the Columns PivotTable Field List, replace <b>Priority</b>with <b>Severity</b>
                                </p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Distribution of bugs for the last six, eight, or more weeks</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>In the Columns PivotTable Field List, replace <b>@@Last 4 weeks@@</b>with a different
                                    <b>Set</b></p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p>Distribution of resolved or closed Bugs to team members</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Change the filter for <b>State </b>to <b>Resolved</b>or <b>Closed</b>(default=<b>Active
                                    </b>)</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                </div>
                <p>For more information about how to work with and customize PivotTable and PivotChart
                    reports, see the following pages on the Microsoft Web site:</p>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165722">Ways to Customize Excel Reports
                            </a></p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165723">Edit or remove a workbook
                            from Excel Services</a></p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165724">Publish a workbook to Excel
                            Services</a></p>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <p><a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165725">Save a file to a SharePoint
                            library or another Web location</a></p>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </div>
            <h1 class="heading"><span onclick="ExpandCollapse(seeAlsoToggle)" style="cursor: default;" onkeypress="ExpandCollapse_CheckKey(seeAlsoToggle, event)" tabindex="0">
                <img id="seeAlsoToggle" class="toggle" name="toggleSwitch" src="../icons/collapse_all.gif" />See Also</span> 
            </h1>
            <div id="seeAlsoSection" class="section" name="collapseableSection" style="">
                <h4 class="subHeading">Concepts</h4>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="BugsDashboard.html">Bugs Dashboard </a></span> </div>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="BugGovDev.html">Bug (GovDev)</a></span> </div>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="BugStatusReport.html">Bug Status Report</a></span> </div>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="ArtifactsGovDev.html">Artifacts (GovDev)</a></span> </div>
                <h4 class="subHeading">Other Resources</h4>
                <div class="seeAlsoStyle"><span sdata="link"><a href="ExcelReportsGovDev.html">Excel Reports (GovDev)</a></span> </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="footer">
            <div class="footerLine">
                <img width="100%" height="3px" src="../icons/footer.gif" alt="Footer image" title="Footer image" />
            </div>
            <span id="feedbackarea">Send <a href="javascript:SubmitFeedback('bjordan@microsoft.com','','','10.0','10.0.10236.10000','%0\dThank%20you%20for%20your%20feedback.%20The%20GovDev%20team%20uses%20your%20feedback%20to%20improve%20documentation.%20While%20we%20are%20reviewing%20your%20feedback,%20we%20may%20send%20you%20e-mail%20to%20ask%20for%20clarification%20or%20feedback%20on%20a%20solution.%20We%20do%20not%20use%20your%20e-mail%20address%20for%20any%20other%20purpose%20and%20we%20delete%20it%20after%20we%20finish%20our%20review.%0\AFor%20further%20information%20about%20the%20privacy%20policies%20of%20Microsoft,%20please%20see%20http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx.%0\A%0\d','Customer%20Feedback');">
                feedback </a>on this topic or submit an issue at the GovDev for TFS Codeplex Site.</span> 
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
